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Portugal aims to cut stroke deaths by curbing salt

Alarmed by high death rates from strokes in Portugal, deputies from the ruling Socialist party submitted a bill to parliament Friday to slash the use of salt in bread, blamed for many blood pressure problems.…   read more»

‘Facing Ronaldo is something else’

Pitso Mosimane remained hopeful this week that Portugal would keep some of their big stars for their clash with South Africa on March 31, in spite of indications that Carlos Queiroz would prefer a weakened team to take on Bafana Bafana.…   read more»

EU approves state guarantee for Portugal BPP loan

BRUSSELS, March 13 (Reuters) - EU regulators have approved a state guarantee underwriting a loan of 450 million euros ($579 million) given to small investment bank Banco Privado Portugues by six Portuguese banks, the European Commission said on Friday.…   read more»

GOLF: Narrow defeat for Welsh boys in Portugal

THE Welsh Boys gave the best of Portugal’s young golfing talent a real run for their money on last week’s development trip to the sun-kissed Lisbon coast.…   read more»

Encouraging growth in tourism earnings for Portugal

Earnings by Portugal’s tourism industry grew by 1.7% in 2008, according to the Portuguese Ministry of Economics.…   read more»